The tightening Wild Card races in each league have the MLB Playoffs in doubt as the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves fight to hang on. This drama argues against playoff expansion. [READ MORE →]

Rich’s Rants return with thoughts on MLB Playoffs, the Wild Card, and races like the one between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. [READ MORE →]

Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia loves to dive into first base. And doesn’t care what you think. [READ MORE →]

The Boston Red Sox have been beset by injuries this month, but an unexpected blow came from the L.A. Angels. See how John Lackey factors in. [READ MORE →]

Zach brings back the old NTSF column with a new mission, this week looking at how we pick our favorite teams [when we have neither geographical nor family links to help us... →]

A sideline reporter is in the stands doing a usual fluff piece, and these two guys give a signal to each other. Then, they give each other a kiss. Looks planned to me, like they were trying to bomb the reporter’s piece. What made it better was that ESPN2 was doing one of their look-ins…..

 It’s Friday, so that means another edition of Rich’s Replies – this week I received three emails and one comment, so let’s get started with the emails.

  It’s Tuesday, so that means you get to read my thoughts on several topics from the past week in sports in this week’s Rich’s Rants. Last week, Steve Buckley of the Boston Herald said the Jets/Patriots rivalry was greater than the Red Sox/Yankees.  I don’t know where to begin with this, there’s so many [...]